{"id":54996,"date":"2017-07-26T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T16:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-is-how-these-lgbti-peoples-lives-changed-in-50-years\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T12:45:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T16:45:35","slug":"this-is-how-these-lgbti-peoples-lives-changed-in-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-is-how-these-lgbti-peoples-lives-changed-in-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how these LGBTI people&#8217;s lives changed in 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This is how these LGBTI people&#8217;s lives changed in 50 years<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NLfSzOROAXo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"This is how these LGBTI people's lives changed in 50 years\"><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLfSzOROAXo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thursday 27 July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England and Wales. <\/p>\n<p>Gay Star News spoke with members of Opening Doors London about their memories of the time and what they want to say to LGBTI people today.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Gay Star News: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gaystarnews\" class=\"autohyperlink\">twitter.com\/gaystarnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Older LGBTIs with a message for young people about coming out | 50 years UK gay decriminalisation\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLfSzOROAXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is how these LGBTI people&#8217;s lives changed in 50 years Thursday 27 July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England and Wales. 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